MILESTONES

First began acting at age 12, in the summer program at the Silver Nutmeg Theatre in Westport, CT

1966:

Moved to New York; worked as a director at the St. Bartholomew Community Club Playhouse

1969:

Returned to Westport and studied acting with Robert Lewis at Bambi Lynn's studio

1970:

Began association with the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT; starred in one-woman show of about Joan of Arc

1971:

Off-Broadway debut as the Player Queen in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet" in Central Park

1973:

First major role as Norah, the maid, in Arvin Brown's Long Wharf production of "Ah, Wilderness!"; production later moved to NYC's Circle-in-the Square on Broadway; also aired on PBS' "Theater in America" (1976)

1978:

Starred in "The Tennis Game" at the Music-Theatre Group of Stockbridge, MA; written specifically for her by the author George Trow

1978:

First major TV appearance in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of Arthur Miller's "Fame"; role was written for her by the playwright

1980:

Made film debut as fighter Oxblood Oxheart's mother in Robert Altman's "Popeye"

1983:

Had breakthrough screen role playing a man in Peter Weir's "The Year of Living Dangerously"; earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress

1983:

Starred as agent Audrey Wood in Arthur Kopit's play, "End of World"; received a Tony nomination as Best Actress in a Play

1985:

Had supporting role as a saloon owner in Lawrence Kasdan's revisionist Western, "Silverado"

1987:

Portrayed Alice B. Toklas in Jill Godmilow's "Waiting for the Moon"

1989:

Had a supporting role, opposite Roseanne, in "She Devil"

1993:

First role as a series regular in CBS' "Space Rangers"

1994:

Began second career as sought after voice actor, narrating the documentary, "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future"

1995:

Provided the voice of Grandmother Willow in Disney's animated, "Pocahontas"